Heating-stove.



s. FORD. HEATING STOVE.

APPLICATION- FILED AUGJl. I915. I

1,165,165.- Patented Dec. 21, l915.

SAMUEL M. FORD, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

HEATING-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed August 11, 1915. Serial No. 44,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. FORD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and Improved Heating-Stove, of which thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to stoves and fur naces and has particularreference to heaters employing liquid fuel.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a heating apparatusadapted especially for the use of kerosene as a fuel and comprising adrum within or below which are adapted to be arranged one or moreburners to which the oil is fed from a tank supported outside of thedrum.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved shield orprotector between the drum and the tank insuring the utmost safety inthe use of the device.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustratinga practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts inthe several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewindicating a preferred embodiment of the invention wherein threeseparate burners are employed within a cylindrical drum; Fig. 2 is aplan view, parts being in section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 3is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

As illustrated, the invention comprises a pan-like base l0'havingsupporting legs 11 secured to the upwardly projecting flange or rim 12thereof. The periphery of the base is reinforced and stiffened by meansof a band 13 extending around within the flange 12 and held in place bythe bolts 14 which secure the legs in place. 7

Above the base and spaced from the reinforcing band 13 is a hollow drum15 having open upper and lower ends. This drum is secured in placepreferably by means of standards 16 indicated herein as four in numbercorresponding to the legs from which they project upwardly. The drum issecured to the standards by means of bolts or other similar fasteners17. The upper fuel pipe.

ends of the standards are bent inwardly at 18 1n a plane above the openend of the drum and constitute supports for a top 19, the main portionof which is substantially flat but bounded by an outwardly anddownwardly projecting flange 20 spaced above and outwardly from theupper edge of the drum.

At 21 I show a reservoir or tank for liquid fuel supported in anysuitable manner outside of the drum as upon a pipe 22 through which thefuel is conveyed downwardly and inwardly to or about the center of thepanshaped base. 23 is a diagrammatic representation of a plurality ofburners communicating with the elbow portions 24 of the Said burnersbeing of conventional form and not constituting any part of theinvention per se are not specifically illustrated. Suflice it to say,however, that the burners are accessible through the open spacebetweenthe drum 15 and the base of thestove for the purpose ofcontrolling the burning thereof. The condition ofthe flame at the topsof the burners may be observed through a peep sight or window 25arranged in the front of the drum at about the level of the tops of theburners. The heat generated at the burners fills the top of theapparatus Within the drum and below the top 19, thereby thoroughlyheating these parts and from the outer surfaces of which the heat isradiated most effectively. A portion of the heat is deflected downwardlyon the outside of the drum by virtue of the flange 20. As

indicated best in Fig. 2, a majority of the burners are located on thatside of the drum from the tank, thereby insuring that the center ofgravity of the apparatus will remain well within the space determined bythe legs 11. I

The guard means above referred to comprises a main shield 26 of a lengthvertically substantially equal to the distance between the base 10 andthe flange 20 of the top and spaced outwardly from the drum between thedrum and the tank 21. This shield 26 comprises preferably a section of ahollow cylinder formed concentrically with the drum and providing an airspace therefore between it and the drum, as shown at 27.

the rearmost burner 23. The main and auxiliary shields are connected bybrackets 29 at the sides, and they are connected to each other and tothe lower edge of the drum by means of a bolt 30 surrounded by a spacingsleeve 31 between the two shields to prevent the tightening of the boltfrom collapsing the shield structure.

The lower end of the shield is notched out as shown at 32, toaccommodate the fuel pipe 22, said pipe also lying in a notch 33 in thebase flanges; hence the shield structure by means of the cooperationwith the pipe is prevented from lateral displacement at its lower end orin a d1rect1on circumferential of the stove. The lower end of the shieldis held from radial displacement by means of lips 34: extendingdownwardly between the fianges 12 and 13 on opposite sides of the pipe22. and the upper end of the shield 2G-is held from outward radialmovement by means of a bracket 35 extending into a notch 36 at the topof the drum and extending downwardly inside the. drum a short distance.The bracket 35 also prevents circumferential movement of the shield byengaging the sides of the notch 36. The lower end of the drum 15 may beslotted, as indicated at 30, to facilitate the assemblage of the guardmeans with the drum. The guard means described insures that the supplyof oil in the tank will not be dangerously heated from the stove, andalso the heat generated in the stove will not be wasted. Thiskind ofstove is of comparatively cheap construction, is easy and safe inoperation and regulation, and has proved in practice to be mosteconomical with respect to fuel consumption.

I claim 1. The herein described liquid fuel burning stove comprising apan-shaped base,

means to support the base in horizontal position, burner means withinand above the base, a vertical hollow heating drum supported in spacedrelation above the base, a

flat top supported above the drum and having an outwardly and downwardlyprojecting flange, a fuel tank above the base and outside of the drum,and guard means 10- cated'between the drum and the tank and spaced fromboth of them, said guard meansalso bridging the space between the baseand the drum adjacent the tank. p

2. In a fuel burning hea'ting stove, the combination of a base, means tosupport the base in a horizontal p osition, burner means within andabove the base, a hollow drum above and spaced from the base andsurrounding the upper end of the burner 7 means, a fuel tank at one sideof the drum,

a pipe leading therefrom over the base to the burner means, and guardmeans between the tank and the drum, said guard means comprising ashield extending from the base to the top of the drum, the lower end ofthe shield being notched for cooperation with the means to convey thefuel from the tank, and means to secure the guard means to the base andthe drum holding the same from definite spaced relation to each other,and

means extending downwardly from the auxiliary shield into cooperationwith the base to prevent displacement of the guard means, substantiallyas set forth.

SAMUEL M, FORD.

Witnesses: FRANK Kon'r,

RICHARD F. CHAPPELL.

